In main part of the lagoon, we did best with a fly that looked like a juvenile milkfish, it was a silver and white colored fly with the end of the material dyed black (notice that the milkfish often have black colored tails.) For the “backcountry” areas in the far back of the lagoon, our guide Biita really liked a yellow snapper fly, it was yellow, red, and white from top to bottom. The coral cut banks in the backcountry are loaded with those little yellow snappers and the GT’s cruise the edges looking for them.

Yes we saw many triggers in CXI, some big ones too. I love just watching triggerfish, they are so goofy haha. We noticed that they tended to hang out in the same places where we would see the bluefin and black trevally.

-Tom

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:41:58 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166713Hey Tom, ya a few guys got stripped of absolutely everything, 400 yards of backing, the works…. more than once. We eventually found that if theyre going to break you off rather have it happen mid way on your fly line that will all those $ worth of spectra out in the abyss. I literally just straight stick them on a 12, locked drag and holding the reel as tight as I can to not let any line off… you want to get the fish to cartwheel and thats my goal the second its on the reel. When its gone tail over nose its over for the most part. On a 50lb + Geet its nerve wrecking stuff. In Sey its just a pure geography problem, as they hunt the little reef fish surrounding the bommies. They can be extremely fussy and we find Black and Olive brush flies to work best. Anything flashy spooks them. We often hide well ahead of the fish on the beach and then cast when theyre 40 or 50 yards off. As they come in range start with slow strips and then when they lock on speed it up. Did you see many Triggers in CI?
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:36:58 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166711Yep ,great article , exactly what you want to read before embarking on a trip like this . Good skills .
]]>By: Glennhttps://bonefishonthebrain.com/gt-primer-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-166708
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:15:30 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166708Thanks Tom for the good info. Ditto on the place and people. We certainly learned a lot during our week there last October. We’ll have another chance in 9 months when we go back for two weeks, with at least a full week dedicated to putting a check next to the BIG GT box!
]]>By: Dylan Rosehttps://bonefishonthebrain.com/gt-primer-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-166680
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:40:32 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166680Very psyched you had a great trip Tom! Christmas is pure magic and relatively accessible when compared to the Indian Ocean. I look forward to keeping in touch.
]]>By: Tom Paulsonhttps://bonefishonthebrain.com/gt-primer-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-166659
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:56:39 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166659Peter,

I’ve heard that about Seychelles, I couldn’t imagine the amount of back up gear you’d need. I’d be nervous to do that without a boat. We lost 1 fly line at CXI and had one of the 50# core lines cut on coral. It’s incredible how much you can do right, but in the end you’re really at the mercy of these fish!

-Tom

]]>By: Peter Coetzeehttps://bonefishonthebrain.com/gt-primer-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-166639
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:04:01 +0000http://bonefishonthebrain.com/?p=8163#comment-166639Great article! Really want to get to C.I. That fighting technique wont work in Sey where you are surrounded by bommies. You cant let the sey geets run at all. Lock the drag completely and hold and do the GT tow through the water….
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